Ivan Rios

Jose Juvenal Velandia (19 December 1961-3 March 2008), also known as Ivan Rios, was the commander of the FARC. He fought in the Colombian Civil War, and was the youngest member of the High Command of the FARC.

Biography
Jose Juvenal Velandia was born on 19 December 1961 in San Francisco, Putumayo, in Colombia. He became a member of the communist FARC militant group during the Colombian Civil War, taking on the alias of "Ivan Rios". He became the youngest member of the High Command of the FARC, and led the insurgency against the government.

In 2008, he was killed by his security chief in the mountains of western Caldas, and his right hand, a computer, and an ID were delivered to the Colombian Army by a man code-named "Rojas" who served under him, and DNA tests confirmed that the hand belonged to Rios. His body was collected, and Mauricio Jaramillo succeeded him as a member of the Secretariat of the FARC.